Meat-press.



No. 890,329. I PATENTED JUNE 9. 1908.

Y J. P. BROWN.

MEAT PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. BROWN, OF SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEAT-PRESS.

Application filed September 16, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Yarmouth, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat- Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to presses and is designed particularly as an improvement in presses adapted for automatic usein the pressing of corned beef and other material.

The objects of the invention are to produce a press adapted for domestic use which is simple and compact in construction, which can be readily adjusted and operated by any servant girl of average intelligence, which is strong and durable and which does not require any special pan for the material to be pressed.

With these objects in view the' present invention consists in the meat press hereinafter described and claimed, the advantages of which will be obvious from the following description.

The present invention will be clearly understood from an inspection of the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a press embodying the several features thereof in their preferred form. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the press illustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the press.

The yoke is indicated at 1 and consists of a metal plate or strap, the central portion of which is adapted to extend beneath and support the bottom of the pan 2 and the end portions of which are bent upwardly and extend above the upper edge of the pan. The upturned ends 3 of the yoke are resilient so that they can be sprung outwardly to enable the cross bar of the press to be attached thereto as hereinafter described.

The cross bar is indicated at 4 and is provided with a central slot 5 in which the pressure lever 6 is pivotally mounted by-means of a pivot in 7 passing through the bar at each side of the slot and through the cam end of the lever. The cam end of the lever is arranged to bear upon the platen 8 in the pan Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Serial NO. 393,012.

with a series of fiat surfaces as indicated at 9..

These faces, as will be obvious from an inspection of Fig. 1 are brought successively into engagement with the upper surface of the platen as the pressure lever is turned in a direction to force the platen downwardly and act as a locking means to prevent backward rotation of the lever so that the lever is automatically locked in any position to which it is turned in exerting the desired amount of pressure on the material in the pan.

The cross bar 4 is supported upon the upturned ends 3 of the yoke 1 by means of hooks formed on plates 10 secured to the ends of the bar which hooks enter any one of a series of holes 11 formed in the upturned ends of the yoke. The provision of a series of holes in the ends of the yoke permits the cross bar to be adjusted towards and from the portion of the yoke which passes beneath the bottom of the pan and thus different sizes of pans can be used or the cross bar can be adjusted vertically to suit the amount of material in the pan.

In using the press above described the pan containing the material to be pressed is placed on the yoke, the platen is placed in the pan and the cross bar is placed in position, by springing outwardly the upturned resilient ends of the yoke, the handle of the pressure lever 6 having first been turned to the right as viewed in Fig. 1. The handle of the pressure lever is now forced over to the left and the platen is forced downwardly by the cam end of the lever. The pressure exerted by the lever is taken by the yoke so that the bottom of the pan is not bulged outwardly and no strain is brought upon the sides of the an. When the pressure lever is forced into its final position it is held locked in this position by that one of the flat surfaces 9 on the cam and of the lever which is in contact with the upper surface of the platen.

The nature and scope of the present invention having been indicated and a press embodying the preferred form of the various features of the presentinvention having been specifically described, what is claimed is 1. A press comprising a yoke constructed to support a pan, a cross bar mounted in the yoke, and a pressure lever pivotally mounted on the cross bar, said lever having a cam end provided with a series of flat surfaces arranged to engage a platen in the pan and lock the pressure lever in any one of a number of vice mounted on the cross bar arranged to 10 different positions. exert pressure on a platen in the pan.

2. A press comprising a yoke consisting of In testimony whereof I affiX mysignature, a rgetal plate constructed tfo extend belneath in presence of two Witnesses. an su ort the bottom 0 a pan an hav- T T ing resilient upwardly bent ends provided BROWN with a series of holes, a cross bar provided Witnesses: With hooks at its ends adapted to enter any FRED O. FISH.

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